rotund
- adjective
- /roʊˈtʌnd/
- As she entered the room, a rotund woman wearing a bright red dress caught everyone's attention.
- rotund man
- rotund woman
- rotund belly
And then I read the part and it was to play someone who is like rotund cigar smokin Jack Black, merp, merp, merp.
- And then I read the part and it was to play someone who is like rotund cigar smokin Jack Black, merp, merp, merp.
Examples
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And he was just, you know, a a rotund portly man, very jovial.
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The voice belongs to Pete's agent, LEO KUBELSKY, a rotund man in his fifties.
Fiction book (2001) -
And there is a rotund man.
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The man turned his rotund body and went back to the television.
Fiction book (1991) -
My breath suddenly caught as I recognized the rotund, laughing figure.
Fiction book (1994) -
What about the rotund Professor Keenbean?
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As his rotund bunkmate shifted in his sleep, Jackson heard a cracking sound above him.
Fiction book (1998) -
A hush falls ... except for a rotund old woman who is barging to the front.
Fiction book (1991) -
A knock on the door preceded a balding, rotund man sporting mutton-chop sideburns.
Blog text (4) -
David's interlocutor is Ibrahim, the manager, a rotund man whose terylene trousers follow the sagging curve of his belly.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
Having too much body fat that can cause health problems
A person who is very fat with a large, heavy body
Round and shaped like a ball
A little fat in a soft, round way
Having too much body fat
A shape that is round like a disk
A little round in shape like a small stone
Antonyms
How Round
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rotund comes from the Latin rotundus, which means 'round' and shares the root rot- with rotate. So a rotund person or object is pleasantly round or a little plump.